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Location:

Vestavia,AL,USA

Member Since:

May 31, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.

Personal Records
Marathon 2:39 (SLC '08)
1/2 Marathon 1:12.30 (Provo River, aided '08)
10K 34:16 (Track, sea level '00)
10K 33:15 (Des 10K, aided '08)
8K 25:32 (Crack of Dawn, aided '13)
5K 16:44 (Track, sea level '00)
5K 16:07 (Running of the Leopards, aided '12)
 

Short-Term Running Goals:

NYC Marathon November 3, 2019 done 

London Marathon October 3, 2021 done

Tokyo Marathon March 3, 2024!!!

And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70

https://pages.lls.org/tnt/al/london2021/awende

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy being a Masters Runner.

Get under 3 hours one more time...

Personal:

Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 331.25
RM 090416 Lifetime Miles: 136.06
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles: 200.18
Nike Vaporfly Pink Lifetime Miles: 122.22
Saucony Ride #37 - Black Lifetime Miles: 56.50
Saucony Ride #38 - Neon Lifetime Miles: 53.50
Saucony Ride #39 - Grey Lifetime Miles: 59.50
Brooks Launch #38 - Grey Lifetime Miles: 65.25
Brooks Launch #39 - White Lifetime Miles: 57.50
Brooks Launch #40 - Blue Lifetime Miles: 54.00
Wed, May 07, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Single: Life sure makes you laugh sometimes. So we managed to make it through Chicago without having some crazy driver hit us only to have our car a victim of a hit-n-run last night. We had it on the street because our roof is being done and there were nails everywhere. Then this morning I got up extra early because I'm leaving early today. When I got to the car I see that the back of my car was "smashed". Luckily the airbags didn't go off and the car seems fully functional but the rear-left side is messed up. Of course there was no note so it will be the mystery crash... After waiting to place the police report I finally made it into work about normal time but decided I NEEDED a run first anyway. So I went to and up City Creek and back. The weather was very nice ~50-55F overcast with only a few drops of rain. I kept it very easy as I still only managed 6hrs of sleep last night and was a little upset about the car. Mi 13-T1 Avg. 8:16 HR 145

Asics DS-Trainer #1: 181 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 189 / / Saucony Rides #1: 160 / / Saucony Rides #2: 153

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From wheakory on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 14:57:23

I can definitely see where you would be upset. I hope your deductible isn't too high? Nice run and easy pace. Your doing excellent after recovering from the marathon.

From Adam RW on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 15:18:48

Unfortunately the deductable is high enough. I just got the estimate and we will have to go through insurance...

From jtshad on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:00:17

Sorry about the incident with the car (you and vehicles had not had a good relationship this year). At least time it was only the car. The run was definitely needed.

From adamr on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 20:57:28

Been there before...2 yrs ago our '77 firebird got hit while it was in our apartment complex parking garage! totally smashed up the left back side. No note or anything...and I had parked it as far away from any other car as possible, so somebody really, really had to go out of their way to hit it. Best thing to do is just accept the loss.

From Adam RW on Fri, May 09, 2008 at 21:25:23

AdamR you are all too right. It just wasn't money we had/wanted to spend in that way at the time. The tough part is it isn't a repair that has to be done but we may get it done to prevent rusting issues... A guy I spoke to this week had an even better (worse) story. His car was completely smashed and someone left a note. This is all it said, "Sorry I hit your car." No name, number anything just that... Oh well as you said it is time to just move on.

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